Clinic Offerings for Family Medicine Residents
Family Medicine residents should exhibit and be able to perform the following medical skills and responsibilities.
Medical Skills
- Anesthesia for office procedures
- Anoscopy
- Arthrocentesis of major joints
- Biopsy/excision
- Skin lesions
- Punch biopsy
- Excisional biopsy
- Excision of minor cutaneous and subcutaneous structures
- Mucous membrane lesions
- Bursa aspiration and injection
- Cerumen removal
- Cryosurgery
- Endocervical curretage
- Endometrial biopsy and sampling
- Fracture management
- Hemorrhoid/Thrombus enucleation
- Incision and Drainage of Abscess, Cyst, Hematoma
- Joint Dislocation/Reduction (if able without conscious sedation)
- Temporo-mandibular
- Finger
- Patella
- Radial Head
- Thumb
- Toe
- Laceration Repair
- Simple
- Complex
- Infected
- Tendon
- Nail surgery
- Avulsion
- Debridement
- Excision
- Nasal cautery and packing
- Ocular foreign body removal
- Pulmonary function testing
- Skin tag removal
- Wart treatment
- Non-genital
- Genital
Interpretive Responsibilities
- X-Ray interpretation
- Chest
- Extremity
- Joints
- Spine
- Abdomen
- ECG interpretation
Other Core Skills
- Emotional preparation for, and a sensitive thorough performance of, any patient who presents to a family physician
- A non-judgmental awareness of your patient’s desire to be treated in a caring and efficient manner
- An awareness of the non-medical factors that can affect a patient’s health:
- Income
- Family status
- Race
- Gender
- Occupation
- Followed AIDET format for clinic visit:
- Acknowledge (greeted the patient and family)
- Introduce (introduced self to patient/family)
- Duration (clarified expected length of visit/procedure)
- Explain (provided thorough information with common terms)
- Thank (thanked patient/family for coming in, taking care of self, etc.)
- Understanding the Church Health Model for Healthy Living:
- Friends and family
- Faith life
- Movement
- Medical
- Work
- Emotional
- Nutrition